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Coll-1167: Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies

The Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh are part of a larger collection formerly held within the Outlook Tower on Castlehill. The collection as whole was catalogued while still at the Outlook Tower, this catalogue published as a 2-volume set Catalogue of the archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, the second volume focussed solely on the Edinburgh Survey photographs. It is this volume which has now been revisited, its contents keyed, with minor alterations, into a database, accessible below.

It is hoped to address the rest of the collection in due course. Meanwwhile a full digital copy of the first volume is available in pdf format (9MB file)

/1: Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh


/Q: Bristo


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Full reference codeColl-1167/1/Q/3
TitleMarshall Street
Original titleBristo Place (mistaken title, actually Marshall Street)
Datec1904-1910
CreatorSir Patrick Geddes
Scope and contentBristro Street is on the left and continued southwards beyond the right of the picture. This view is looking east along Marshall Street (almost entirely demolished) to Nicholson Square and the Royal Bank of Scotland (1902) with the conically roofed tower beyond, still standing in 1989. The two projecting tenements (1765) in Nicholson Square are visible. Potterrow double road now runs slightly west of them (nearer the camera). The entrance to Bristo Place Church (see Coll-1167/1/Q/6) is beyond the stationer's shop, on the left, where a break in the building line can just be detected.
Author of original titleRobert Dykes
Negative numberGreen Box 130
NotePrints Coll-1167/1/Q/2 to Coll-1167/1/Q/5 form an almost continuous sequence showing the east side of Bristo Street. The catalogue indicates that print Coll-1167/1/Q/4 shows the corner of the building shown on the right in this picture - but closer inspection raises question if it is.
Related itemsColl-1167/1/Q/6 Coll-1167/1/Q/2 Coll-1167/1/Q/5 Coll-1167/1/Q/4